Give us your full community title. For example, "School Continuity Planning: How to inoculate your school district from extended school closings," "Brainstorming: What are 21st century skills? A district leader's road map to building a 21st century curriculum," "Mapping, The Big Picture," etc.
Tab Title (Short)
A short title that you want to see on the tab for your community... for example: "School Continuity Planning," etc.
Community Type
There are two types of communities you can create. Below is a brief explanation for communities of interest and communities of practice:
Community of Interest (CoI)
A community of interest is a community of people who share a common interest or passion. These people exchange ideas and thoughts about the given passion, but may come from multiple disciplines or domains of knowledge (i.e., teachers, administrators, students, etc.). Participation in a community of interest can be compelling, entertaining and create a ‘sticky’ community where people return frequently and remain for extended periods. Frequently, they cannot be easily defined by a particular geographical area.
Community of Practice (CoP)
Community of practice, according to cognitive anthropologists Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger, is a phrase that describes a group of people who share an interest, a craft, and/or a profession. The group can evolve naturally because of the member's common interest in a particular domain or area, or it can be created specifically with the goal of gaining knowledge related to their field. It is through the process of sharing information and experiences with the group that the members learn from each other, and have an opportunity to develop themselves personally and professionally (Lave & Wenger 1991). CoPs can exist online, such as within discussion boards and newsgroups, or in real life, such as in a lunchroom at work, in a field setting, in a classroom or institution, or in professional workshop or conference settings.
Participant Profile Information
What kind of information would you like to gather for your community in the user profile? In addition to a name and e-mail address, you can get information such as title or role, age, experience, town or district, school, etc. While you can create a long profile questionnaire for users, it's probably wise to collect some profile information through polls/surveys, which can be build into your community.
Abstract
A brief 1-2 paragraph description of your community. This is content that will be displayed in the a summary section about your community.
Full Description
A full description about your community, your essential questions, your objectives, and any outcomes.
Resources
What resources do you have that you would like to upload and make a part of your community? Edit each area where you have a resource such as a video or podcast, a document, a PowerPoint presentation, or other item. Describe what it is and how it will be used by participants. If you can not upload the document here, using the "edit" function on the page, please e-mail or FTP the file to Steve or Earl.
Video
Audio/Podcast
PowerPoint
Document
Other
Widgets
There are many kinds of "widgets" that can be connected to your community content area. Some formats will be activated as a "default" setting by the system, but others can be added as needed to make your community as dynamic and social as possible. Describe what widgets you'd like to see in your communty and how it will be used by participants. We'll take care to add the widget on your community page. Here is a partial list of possible widgets:
Community Page Format: